Chbck-iwdobsnsrg machine



W. W. MGWRY.

CHECK mooRslNG MAcHmE.

APPLICATION FILED DECQ. |912.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

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W. W. MOWRY.

CHECK WDORSANC MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.9. H312.

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Patented Aug. L), w16'.

W. W. MOWRY.

CHECK INDORSING MACHINE.

mmm/mon FILED Dc,3,1912.

1. 1 9 5,068. 11110111011 Aug. 15, 1911s.

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W. W. MOWRY.

CHECK INDORSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED umm 1912.

Patented Aug. '15, 1916.

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PATENT oirro WILLIAM: W. MOVVRY. OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CHECK-NDORSING MACHINE.

Specification of Le .ers mem. irai-uned img. loro.

Application :ned December 9.1912. seriai No. 735,639.

To 'all whom it may concern.: Bo it knonjn 'that I, VgxZLAM Vi". Mon-'RL citizenv vof the United States, rrsiding :it Si.. Louis, in the Stilte oMissonij, have in- Yentedn Cert'ziinnen' and ns'fni mprove-- mont. in CheciGIndorsing Machinesof which the following isn full, door, concise., and oXact'doSriIjtiori. My invenion''rehxto tofprinliingr nisch-fn nism.- l l The particular'embodiment of tho inron tion which I have Slctod as illustrating the novel" egtnreS'vthi-of hnS been devised 'primarily is an improven'iont in 'nppziratn ary indorsonintf'on helback o the Check as iisedlxetineon Said rolls.V t. has heen founddif'fic 'tftojo'ed thehookS byy hand :it the fpro'per't'imevto. reciye .the 'indorsoinent in the propr'pizic onV the chock. As :i ro.- snit,in lnunyj'instzioos; only a, portion of thc indorsornet vzippl; i.rs3 neuroneecige ofthe checi'zi'n'din Sti'il'tfurher cases the arrange ment is sn'ch`l thatV .thefindo''smont 'ap-gio .i D at righti'lngls the proper@ action F1 quentljf one "ihdor'sexnent' hns boon supor'nnposed 'fon 'anothoi", whe-roby' neither are iegible; .l Y

An additionai'dirz-id anta has boon 'that all cheolcsro not indorsd io the sinne hunk in Ehel conrso it. n' day'sli'nd'it becomes sary to chang th. character-g on tho pri ntinj; 1 roll. Thi's'shnhst: .fon has -pijovod l some-and di snit to'perforin n'iiznf.; the ingelr's l*with ink.l

The ibjeo of my iii-vont`v Speaking, ist() proiiific appar the above `and. otheriiiiiicnf-t-ias a As coxitribiitory toward generali object e'n inner-Mad, objects to provide a. niaci'iine.

in. which he c-.ieinents of the printing couple are normally ont of Contact with -onch oiihr but are in*- terinitt-e-ntiy brought together, said moroinent being controllori 'by the passing of check botn'eon anniv olmnents; Vto provide means for f'eedin the Check to the printing roller in properly. timori relation .tothe roto.- izion thereof, whereby the Check '1s-always indorsed in the' iniddl to provide monnS whereby the indorscinent 'may he inode to no pea r nt any lnodoiorniinod distinse 'from tho ond of the chock; to provide a printing 01onient. hai-ing typo or Chzunctcrswhich nniy 'no readily int-crolmngmi in ordm' .to chungo the indorselnont on the checks: to provide' n n in'irnfoved iniiing roller: :ind to proido' n .ino n-'hioh is rapid und initinini'tic in its.

operationt \i"eiioii iioos not reqnir any Qurticnh-.r skiii or training on tho'pnrt of' iho user, n'h'ich is relatively simple' incox'isrnci tion, and which einhodivs nuinoron'refinel monts in the organizzitionthereof;

In the accompanying drawings ihm-'ie shown the. :foiiowing i'iews oifzrinzxcliino preferred design.

. soY which represents what consider' jt-obeih? l---l 'of Fig. 2; Fig.

l'fig. 3 is afp-affini mii eievatiioligig. 4 is :i sootionni'eievation on the line, Fig.' 2; Fig. 5 is side elevation of certain of the.

parte Shown in Fig. 4'. hut in a diffrent"reintive position; Fig. 4.3 is. :i sideeievnti'onof ihc food rolls.: Fig. 'T is :islnniar View with the parts nnwod iV-:i a diiferon't posit-ion; 'Figi S is :i side eieviition of on lng the dotar?. er vziion of the impr.

Fig. l() is nl sirio cioin roll; mi 11 is a Sectional eiofatiori on the. iin- 1.1-1105 if tho 'food roiisshow#v rin'no i Tho checks to beiniorsed nro.

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from the base thereof (see Fig. l), whereby latter com; 1ising suitable. guide plates 5, 5 and an adjustable end plate. 8. The checks are guided by the walls of said hopper between a printing couple consisting of a printing member 7 and a bed member S, both having the f'orm of rolls. v

Each check, as it is dropped between the guides, does not necessarily pass between the printing .couple immediately., but, as hereinafter described, is restrained momentarily and automatically advanced at such a time that the raised characters on the printing:r roll will be impressed against the back of the check. YFurthermore the printing roll and the bed roll normally out of Contact and are brought into contact only momentarily as the check is passing between them, thereby keeping the surface of the latter free of ink.' Said checks, after passing said rolls7 are guided by the chute 9 into a receptacle or tray l0 ar anged at the lower part oli the machine and at the front thereof, into whirh tliey tall tace side down, whereby the accumulated checks when removed are arranged in the sa me order as beng'. 'l 'ze chiite 9 has ribs raised friction between the check and the base of the chiite decreased.

The printing roll 7 is fixed to thc main shaft 11 and rotates therewith, the latter being.;r driven continuously by a motor 12, through suitable connection described later.

An auxiliary shaft 1? is also provided, both of said sha-tts being rotatably mounted in the side walls Z of the trame. The bed roll S is carried on the shaft i3, said roll having the form of a hollow cylinder loosely surroundin,fr a second cylinder 14 which 'is eccentrically mounted on the shaft 13. but does not turn therewith. As seen in Fig. 4, the position oi' said eccentric cylinder with rcspcct to said shaft is such that the bed roll is' normally out of engagement with the printing roll, there being a considerable clearance between the two. Said rolls may be brought in Contact. however, by a partial rotation of the eccentric roll as hereinafter dcscribed. The main shaft l1 has mounted thereon outside` of thc cnd wall 2 a disk l5 which' is driven by a friction disk lll, the latter bearingr also against the armature shaft 17 of the motor ll and being driven thereby. The friction disk lli is maintained in close l'riotional cngagcmcnt with said shaft 17 and said disk l5 by means of its supportingr yoke i8 which is loosely sccurcd by a pin 19 to the main frame and yieldingly drawn to the rear by a suitable sprint,Y 20 as .seen in Fig. il. llenco, the main shaft driven by said motor through said fricti in t rive, the auxiliary shaft infine," driven 'from thti main shaft by suitable pinioos 2l", fil mounted on the other ends or said rc- .ict-ive Shafts :is

between the guide. plates 5. 5 are prevented from reaching saidfeed rolls by fingers or arms Qihaving preferably the form of rods which project across the bottom of the hopper through openings or notches Q5. 2G in the lower edge of said guide plates 5. 5 as seen in Fig. 2, thereby obstructing thc downward movement of the check. Said lingers 24 are yielding'ly mounted. beingr secured to a rotatable rod 27 which carries an arm 2S to which is secured a light spring 29, the latter being adjustably secured at its opposite end to a fixed support B0. The tension of the spring is 'preferably such that the fingers Q4 will be maintained in normal position, against the weight of the check which tends to force them aside. said tcndency being very slight, of course. Said tension is insuflicicnt, however, to resist the downwar movement of the check if thc same is seized and forced toward the feed rollers.

in view of the delicacy of the above adjustment I provide positive lockingr means for maintainiinglr said .tingcrsin normal position except duringr certain intervals when it is desirable that they shall be free to yield. Said means in the preferred form comprises a loclcin;r rod. 8l which projects from the shaft 27, preferably nca-rone end thereof, (sc-e Figs. l and Q). said rod resting against a shoulder on thel locking plate 32, thc latter beiner pivotally supported on the pin 353 and normally held against a suitable stop 34 by a springT 35. Said plate is provided with a projecting pin 36 which is adapted to be engaged by the beveled edge 37 of the cX- trcmity of an arm 38 secured to the shaft 11 so as to rotate therewith. During every revolution of said shaft the pin 36 is raised slightly .by beineT engaged by said beveled edge 37 thereby rocking the plate 32 and releasing: the rod 3l which, however, ordinai-ily remains in the same position due to the pull of the springr 29, although otherwise free to fall away from said lock,

As previously stated, the downward movenient of the check is arrested by the fingers Bft which fingers may be pushed aside if the cher-lt soir/.ed and forced downward. I provide suitable means for advancingY the chi-cit in this manner at such a time during the rotation of the printing roller 7 that the lili) vcnn: surface the sp ring 42.

' a nd -inny assume various forms.

ln Figs. 6 andlfl have illustrated linge-rs E35) one of which icarried by each of the feed rollers 22 and. 23. As these {inge-rs are alike a description of on'egwvill suffice for all.

Referrin to Fig. 6, -the finger 39 1s mounted on the roll beingipivotally supported at the point L'l0 and held in normal position against 1{Bst-op 41 ljfi'a: `suitable Said lingers are so arranged duringl eiich revlntion of the feed 22, 223 they abutzfgzi-inst each other while' in Contact more vdownmirdly1 from the positimi shown in 6 to that that rolls .shown in Fig; -7 at which poin-tliey .Seprirate, the linedof Contact being substantially tangential -to the fe-d rolls. Said. lingers :is they come together in the posi-tioma's shown in 6 are adapted to seize the check between them and' draw the snine.

downwardly im enough to enable itto be` seized by the friction rolls and 23 which ins-'omits passing through the. printing couple` as .shown in Fig. Although 'the fingers 39 maintain only :i 'rictionnl hold on the opposite sides of the check, said hold is snlliciont to draw don1 n the check and cause the bitter to force the firms Z4 to` one side against the action of the spring.

` liter the lingers 39 separate.' :is they aro about to do in the position shown in Fig. 'Tj they would be thrown outwardly against their respective. vstops 41 byl the actionV of their springs 4Q. tl'iereby tending to pro lherinnering noise when the machine is in operation. To obi/inte the lnnnmering the lin-ger 39,1secnred to the riction'roll 41,

rorizlefl with. :i ro"ectin r in 43 which engages :i cani surface 4401i a, plate 4 5 just as the pan-foi fingers nre about to separate as' Shown in Fig. 7. Said cziin surface is sulustnntinlly the :irc ofn circle arranged ec cmfli'icnllj/ with respect to the shaft l2 so thin by' the time the pin 43 rides oli' of said :ir-1n hns been .gra-dually moi-exi 'up to' :ind against the stop 41. The Sunw- .ir-izinnjeiri'ent its proififlcd for the finger on til. foco roller 23, n cani surface 46 being formi-fp on :i suitable plate Il. This n rrnnggonient not. onlyT doesfawny with hainhierin@ hut it insures the release of theebook ny will fingers os soon is it is gripped 'between the feed Tolls.

' the ehecli seized by the feed esirzib-le to tiring the `l into Jie-h li'nff 'engagement with 7. ibi-s inovw i irectlf; through Sinin when the' lingers 2l resilient material.

Y pif-wlmi oi the other pair.

49, which is pii'oted at 50 and normally held afg-inist stop 51 by the action n spring the tension of the latter being snllicient to overcome the tendency of the min 18 .to rock said link about its pivot. A latch 53 is suitably secnrc-d to the eccentric roll 14 und is engaged in anotch in Said lever 49 being held in position by n 'suitable spring 54. The rocking of sha-ft 27,

however, swnigs thc zirin 48, therebyY nioring the link 49 rearwardly and disengnges the latch 523 which is thenenpo'n drawn down by the spring 54 to the position Shown in Fig. 5, thus giving npartial rotation to vtbc eccentric roll il und causing the bed roll 8 to exert n yielding pressurengeinst thefnce ol the check which by this time hnsstnrted to pass between said rollers.

vlt will be seen that there is normally' :i consiiiiernble clean-since between the rolls compris-ing the printing couple nnd that as soon :is "the check starts to pass betweei'i th-cin etinilvcontnct between the two is prexVented by will chock whereby no ink 'Tfroni th'eprinting roller over reaches the snrlncc of tl'io bed roller. Suid rolls nroseparated prior tf" n completo rotntion of the iliiiiitliigv roll by the restoration of the hitch 521', :said

which is pi\fotally\ ipporte'd :it the point asl-oreal by :lpin projectingjr 57 und is provided wit nu pin iBS-which lnti ter lifts the Vlatch 53 untilfxit is cngng'edin the notch in the link 4). lroi'n the'nbove description it will bc-seen'that the relntiio movement of the elements of' the printing couple toward and nwziy .from en:li\(itli'er'is automatically controlled bythe ndiiilncc of Successive checks.

The eed'rollcrs andy 2? may be CUl'LAX strnctcd in various ways. ln the preferred construction, the roll comprises n di li. o'l

any .suitable nintcrinl withal rim (30 o1"P ron-- ber. The roll "23 muy be Similarly cmistrnotA ed, 'but' l preferably emlirloyfzt block 1"1 of ,suitable material to which Secured n plu riility of rings oiihoopsliiof steel or other Eziclr ring.;- is secured :it one end to said block, the other end being free, ne shown in Fig. 9, said fren ends beingV n ri'nngod to'insnre n continuous Vcylindrioni sin foco. The resilient material permits thel nec u frictionnl hold to be inziiitziinefl evennftor the surface of the oppor roll wears muy to nn nppiecizil'ile I und renin one poil" olf roliS more or less indeA llor'eiin'inple. ai check is @missing through. Ato which in piiinecl (fortuin eXtra niet ornnilnin yelle lill.

The printingr roller comprises a block G3' jections of) .on a curved plate 70, the latter being secured also by the` turned in edge 71 which engages la ledge 'on sa id block i3 (Fig. 11). AThe plate 70 carries-suitable charac` ters preferal'dy inthe form of a rubber hase 72 having raised type thereon, Bi' the re moval of the plate the indorsement may be readily` changed. Said plate is preferahl \'v provided with an opening 7? which enables it to be fitted over :suitable type T4: indicating the. date, the latter being wedged in a. transverse slot in the hlocli (i3. and requiring to`he. changed onl \Y once adav. i\ccess to the printing roller is had b v raising the hinged portion of the plate 3 asv indieated in Fig. 1.-

'l`he position of the printingr roller is, of course, fixed with respect to the side frames 2. .it is necessary` however` to iudorse the Checks in different places. that is at different distances from the ends of said checks in view of existingr iinh-nseimnts thereon. In irder to cause the. maehine to imprint its indorseinent at a predetermined distance from' the. end of the eheek`r theguide. plateG previouslv referred to is suitably adjusted along its supporting shaft and the checks, as they are dropped into the hopper, are positioned against this guide plate. lly the use of said plate an improved method of au tomaticaily ilnlorsiircr elieeksnlaaj be carried out to oliviate the printing of one indorse.- ment on 'the top of another. This method .consists in assigning to each of the. larger .eities,-i\"ew York? ('hieago. Philadelphia` Ht. Louis-"for example` a certain space. or

zone at a predetermined distance from the end olthe check. \\-'ith this Auudei'standinr the guide plate 13 ma \r be suitabli" adjusted so that. ali checks stamped by New VYork, for exampleF are indorsed in a eertain zone.. llren in thel absence. of this provision if the application of ink to the printing' roll can he suitably ref lilateih so as to make a light impression. [he indnrseiuents will he legible even though one is oeeasioualli supcrimposed on one another. The means for regu latine the ink supplv Vin the desired manner is herein-after described.

lul( is supplied to the printing roller by a combined ink roller and reservoir 75 which is mounted on an arm it pi\'otall v supported al TT and maintained in normal position b v a springA TS the tension of which may be adjusted h v the stud T9. Said ink rollertsee Fig. ri) ronrsists essentialli` of a spirally arranged clement preferably of SG is rotatablvsecured to the right hand washer S3, by means of arms 87 which tit in an annular groovetl'ierein. A hollow shaft or tube SS communicates with the interior of the reservoir and is provided with a spline S9 which is received in a suitable Slot in the. washer 83 whereby said tube which is secured at its innerend in the resin disk, may be -moved outwardly to rclax the pressure between the adjacent coils of the covered wire. This loutward move-` ment is caused by rotation ofthe adjacent nut SG, said nut ha ving screw threaded engagement with said tube. The cap 90 which is screwed over the outer end of said tube is adapted to act also as a bearing. 1'esei".oir, which is removable from its ports, maybe readily filled with ink by removing thc cap, and. the 'flow of ink tothe absorbent material inay be regula-ted to a very fiile degree,V t0 give a light, distinct impression when indorsing the-'checks` It will be apparent, in viewv of the intro-4 supductorj statements, thzt the'invention not to be limitedtothc particular embodiment of the invcntiondescribcd herein or to the various plumes-thereof, as numerous changes may be made and other embodiments may be designed which fail within the scope lof the invent-ion.. Accordingly I desire to cover suitableequivalent means for accomplishing the desired result wherever said means fall within the scopeof the-appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a machine of the character' de# scribed, the. combination with a printing couple comprising a continuously-rotating printing member and a bedmembcr nor-l mallv at rest out of operative'relation to said printing member, of feed rolls .for feeding,r a sheet of paperto said printing couple, means revolving' with said printing member and operating in timed relation.

thereto for advancing a sheet of paper to said feed rolls. and means, actuated by 'the advance of the sheet of paper. for moving said la-d-mexnber into operative rcation with said printing;- member.

i. in a machine ot' the.

character dcscribed thev combination of a printing eouple comprising a continuousivv-rotating Thus the printing cylinder and a rotatable bed-cylinder normally at rest ont of operative re lation to said printing cylinder, yielding restraining mean` normally preventing the advance of Sheets ol' paper to sait] printingr couple. means operating in timed relation to the rotation oi Said printing Cilinder for enlisting Said restraining means to yield to permit of the advanre oi' a sheet. and means, artnatell by the yielding of said restraining means, for movil@r .saill hell-*cylinder into operative relation lo aifl printing evliniler.

2l. ln combination. a printing` couple com prislng' a pair of rolls between which shorts ol' paper nia)y he advanced, means ,vielrlingly mounted to prevent Said advance, a lock for preventing the yielding;n of .said means. said loeli being periodirll)v ren- (lered inoperative by a eonlinnonrtly rotating driving element. and meanS for kforeibly advancing sail] sheets past said yieltlinr means during the intervals when said lock iS inoperative.

4. In a clieflr-iiidoisilig machine, a printing couple eomi'nising a printing cylinder and a lied cylinder.y an eecentrieally nionnted roll on which said bed cylinder is mounted, said cylindersl being normally out ot' Contactk with eaeli other, means for rotating said roll to bring Said cylinders into Contact, feed rolls for advancing a cheek to 'said printing couple, and yielding devices controlled by the. advance of said cheek to said feed rolls for permitting the operation of said means.

5. In a machine :for imprinting ind0rsements on cheeks, av printing roll and a bed roll, said bed lroll being mounted on an eccentric cylinder, a spring which tends to rotan` Said Cylinder and more said rolle inlo uontatft with each other. nii/mn;l for holding ."aiil :fvlinllcr in normal position against the artlr-n ot -miei :april n, ainl :i latrli 'l'or releasing Said meant. @nifl latrli being or rated lrv the :nlvanrr ol' a rherli toward will I'oll tl. ln a machine lor in'iprinting inilfnrar menta on eliwlts. a printing;l roll :inl heil roll.y airl lwil ruil inning; innnnte-:i on in; er centric r\linfl -ra aprinj; nlinrh trink to rotate will evlinilrr anllinovr: raid rothy into rontart with Carli other. means for holding saill eilinlllr in normal poifition agrai n; the artinn nl aaifl Hiring. a latrh lor rifle 'ne' will imam. #aid lair-ii living; nperawl in' the inllvaire of :i 'lnrli tmvarl 'will roll. aai-'l i' i i pwilmn altri anni time T. "i @heult 'swimming inaeliine compriamegr a printing mnzple emisisinij; ,of eoiip lill LLA M lV. MtllvVltY. Witnesses l?. T. AN Dru-1 ws, l?. N. HALL. 

